All Nerds Welcome: The All Purpose Comic Book Movie Thread

[SKO]

The discussion over The Dark Knight Rises has me thinking we should just discuss comic book and superhero movies in general in one thread.

As I see it, there are two main eras of superhero films: Pre-Christopher Nolan and the Christopher Nolan Era, where the emphasis on realism lent respectability back to both the DC franchises and the new Marvel Universe.

In the pre-Nolan Era there were definitely some good films like Superman 1&2, X-Men 2, and Spiderman 2, and a couple of decent ones like X-Men and the original Burton Batman. Then there were mostly the clunkers. Some just weird like Batman Returns and others absolutely terrible, like the Fantastic Four Films, X-Men 3 and Spiderman 3, and, worst of all, the Schumacher Batman films.

Not to say that all of the new era movies are good. Superman Returns was a very visually impressive and even more boring film. The second Hulk still kinda sucked.

All that said, here's my top ten

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Dark Knight
3. Iron Man
4. Batman Begins
5. Captain America
6. Avengers
7. Superman
8. Superman II
9. Spiderman II
10. X-Men II

I should add that I limited this to live action films, as Mask of the Phantasm would otherwise make the list. I still haven't seen X-Men First Class, which got good reviews, just because I was so embittered over the awfulness of X3 after the brilliance of X2 that I can't quite forgive the franchise.

You may all hurl your nerd insults now.

[Richard Chuggar]

jeebus

[Slaky]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

[Quality Start Machine]

I liked Flesh Gordon.

[Canadouche]

This is the greatest thread evar.

[Canadouche]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

This explains so much about you.

[Slaky]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

This explains so much about you.

Yes, it explains that Superman is lame.

[Bort]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

Grant Morrison begs to differ.

[Slaky]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

Grant Morrison begs to differ.

With what

[SKO]

You should see First Class. I finally watched it and it was great.

Superman sucks. Nothing will ever change that.

Grant Morrison begs to differ.

With what

I'm with Slaky, for the most part. I've never really given two shits about Secular Jesus. That said, the first two films were well made and most of the best comic book films since then owe at least something to Richard Donner for his willingness to legitimize superhero films, and I acknowledge that. Superman Returns, however, was incredibly boring and, while the trailer looks good and Christopher Nolan is at least somewhat involved, I'm skeptical of Man of Steel because Superman is lame and Zack Snyder is kind of a penis.

[Bort]

Superman movies tend to suck, because they leave out the batshit crazy stuff for just bullshit crazy stuff.

Anyone who writes Superman as a secular Christ (or Moses) figure is a hack, that misses the point.

[R-V]

No Watchmen on your list, SKO? It's gotta be top 5 for the blue schwantz alone.

[SKO]

No Watchmen on your list, SKO? It's gotta be top 5 for the blue schwantz alone.

I was disappointed with the film. I knew I would be. I love the graphic novel too much, and Zack Snyder is kind of a penis.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

and Zack Snyder is kind of a gently wafting, neon-blue CGI penis

ILM-caliber dong physics'd

[CT III]

This thread needs more Liefeld.